To the medieval mind a liberty was a right to the enjoyment of a specific property It was a freedom to do something with one's own without interference by the king or any other man.

Say what you have to say in the fewest possible words.

Half the trouble in the world arises from men trying to anticipate their time and season, and the other half from their trying to prolong them.

Slavery is the ultimate and greatest evil. For it is based on a denial of the dignity of the human soul.

It was right that she was now staying at the ranch. She belonged there.

Be careful of your mood and feelings, for there is an unbroken connection between your feelings and your visible world.

We emphasize straightforwardness. You should be true to your feelings, and to your mind, expressing yourself without any reservations. This helps the listener to understand more easily.

A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person.

When money functions as measure of value it must truly represent the values it helps to circulate.

Democracy must be a sound scheme at bottom, else it would not survive such cruel strains.

I've always loved vintage and I never like to have something someone else has.

What All The World Knows Water is the principle, or the element, of things. All things are water.

I started to write [The Name of the Rose] in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison a monk.

If the church would only be the church- if Christians would only be Christians- nothing could halt our onward march.